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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
As I think about the challenges of managing content in the next few years, what are the wildcards of which we should be aware? What are the factors that will increasingly shape and structure the future environment in which we all must manage documents, content, and records? When I talk to current and potential customers of our technologies, what are the things they say that keep them up at night?
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Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Content Management outsourcing is gaining popularity due to the various options that are available to those who are seeking assistance - such as project-based consulting or staff augmentation. The outsourcing model offers access to skills, experience, and resources that many organizations would not otherwise be able to obtain due to the financial commitment required to recruit, hire, and train these specific proficiencies in-house. However, selecting the partner who can best meet your needs is not always as easy as you might think. The following considerations should be taken into account when assessing the outsourcing talent pool:
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Making an ECM implementation successful requires planning and attention to detail. The best way to create the right solution is to identify organizational goals and priorities. Learn how to manage a successful implementation in our free guide.
Capture and Imaging | Document Management | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Remember when placing the blue recycling bin next to the copier and encouraging employees to duplex their print jobs made you feel like you were doing your part to help the environment? The sustainability expectations set for corporations today have never been higher, and many are realizing that the benefits of going green with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) extend beyond being viewed as a good corporate citizen to significant cost savings and increased worker productivity.
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Business Process Management (BPM) | Electronic Records Management (ERM) | Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
By now, you’ve undoubtedly heard about AIIM’s certificate courses in Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Electronic Records Management (ERM), Business Process Management (BPM), and Modern Records Management, which lead to the AIIM Specialist and Master designations. And of course, the Certified Information Professional (CIP) certification, which sits across all four. If you haven’t completed at least one certificate program yet, here are seven reasons why I wholeheartedly recommend you doing so!
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Monday marks the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first steps on the moon. For people of my generation, this is one of the few "you can always remember what you were doing" events that were actually positive. I still remember sitting in front of our television, diligently following the instructions from the newspaper on how to take a photo from the TV. (My kids would ask, "Why didn't you just DVR it, Dad?") The anniversary seems all the more highlighted with Walter Cronkite's passing this weekend. The anniversary highlights a couple of themes for me; some document management related and some not.
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Capture and Imaging | Document Management
As leading economic indicators continue to signal a global economic slowdown, companies are looking for practical steps to take – such as lowering costs and streamlining operations – in order to weather the storm and achieve a competitive edge in the eventual recovery. At the same time, recent industry research shows that businesses also want to be more environmentally responsible. There are several document management practices that can help companies reach both their environmental and cost-reduction goals. From the sustainability perspective, these practices can significantly reduce the use of paper, thereby saving trees, gas in shipping the paper, physical space to store it, and halting the eventual destruction of many files that end up in a landfill. According to the Environmental Paper Network, “If, for example, the United States cut its office paper use by roughly 10 percent, or 540,000 tons, greenhouse gases would fall by 1.6 million tons. This is the equivalent of taking 280,000 cars off the road for a year.”
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